CASTELFRANCO NELL' EMILIA

castelfranco nell' emilia, a town of emilia, italy, in the province of bologna, 16 m. n.w. by rail from the town of bologna. pop. (1901) 3163 (town), 13,484 (commune). the churches contain some pictures by later bolognese artists. just outside the town is a massive fort erected by urban viii. in 1628, on the frontier of the province of bologna, now used as a prison. castelfranco either occupies or lies near the site of the ancient forum gallorum, a place on the via aemilia between mutina and bononia, where in 43 b.c. octavian and hirtius defeated mark antony.